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Innovative and effective approaches to climate change:
Experiences from the Global Climate Change Alliance
Brussels 12th-14th September 2012
Thematic Presentation: “Addressing climate
change through disaster risk reduction and
coastal zone management ”
Ms. Frances Brown-Reupena
Water & Sanitation Sector Coordinator,
Samoa
Session 15, Day 2, 12th September 2012
The Water and Sanitation Sector
Samoa
• Water Supply
– SWA (National Service Provider)
– IWS (MWCSD)
– Rainwater Harvesting
• Water Resource Management – MNRE
• Drinking Water Quality – MOH
• Sanitation
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National Sanitation Policy – MNRE
National Building Code – MWTI
National Hygiene – MOH
Wastewater Treatment Plant – SWA
Sludge Treatment Facilities – MNRE
• Flood Mitigation (Urban Drainage) – LTA
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GCCA and National Planning
Mainstreaming Climate Change
National Strategy – SDS
Water for Life Sector Plan
Ministry/Corporation Corporate Plans
(NAPAs 1 – 5)
Management/Implementation Plans
Budget (MTEF)
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Institutional Framework
PARLIAMENT
UPDATED SECTOR INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK - SECTOR
IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES
CABINET
Ministerial Coordination Committee comprising Ministers for MNRE, MOH, MWTI, MOF, MWCSD and CEOs
CABINET
DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE
Ministerial Coordination
Committee
JWSSC with an Independent Chair and CEOs of IAs, NGOs, Private Sector
Lead Agency for the Water and Sanitation Sector
Sector Implementing Agencies
New Implementing Agencies
Technical secretariat to the Ministerial Coordination Committee and JWSSC, overall sector policy planning and
coordination
Key Divisions implementing sector programme
Other key Divisions providing crucial support to progamme implementation
PLUMBERS
ASSOCIATION
SAMOA RED
CROSS
INDEPENDENT
WATER
SCHEMES
LAND TRANSPORT
AUTHORITY
SAMOA WATER
AUTHORITY
MINISTRY OF
NATURAL
RESOURCES &
Procurement &
Programming
Division
Urban Water Supply
Operations
Water Sector
Coordination Unit
Road Operations
Rural Water Supply
Operations
Water Resources
Division
Savaii Water Supply
Operations
Technical Division
Wastewater Management Division
COMMERCIAL- Accounts, Customer Services,
Billing & IT
Corporate Management
JOINT WATER SECTOR
STEERING COMMITTEE
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
Health Prevention,
Promotion and
Surveillance Division
MINISTRY OF
WOMEN,
COMMUNITY &
MINISTRY OF WORKS,
TRANSPORT & INFRAS.
Internal Affairs
Division
Asset Managemet
Buildings
Women's Division Aiga ma Nuu Manuia
Land Transport Services
Planning & Urban Management Agency
Division of Environment and Conservation
Meteorology - Geophysics/DMO
Technical Services
Legal Services
Forestry
Renewable Energy
Land Management
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Coordination Framework
Cabinet
Cabinet Development
Committee (CDC)
National Water & Sanitation Coordination
Committee- Ministerial
Joint Water Sector Steering Committee
(JWSSC)
(3) Technical Steering Committee
Water Supply
Samoa Water Authority
Independent Water
Schemes
Water Resource Management
Sanitation
Flood Mitigation-Urban
Drainage
Drinking Water Quality
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GCCA in the Pacific – USP (Regional)
• Pacific Islands Forum
• Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Climate
Change (PIFACC) 2006 – 2015
– Capacity Building
– Community Engagement
– Applied Research
• USP – FIJI
• 16 Pacific Island Countries
• SPC – 9 Pacific Island Countries
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Introduction
• Overview of the GCCA
DRR and coastal
management zone
experience
• Key issues from the
Background document
• Complementary issues
from global experience
• Some comments on the
Working Group discussion
topics
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An overview of GCCA experience
• GCCA existing and foreseen programmes have
a DRR / coastal zone focus in 9 countries and 2
regions.
• 5 of the country programmes and the regional
programmes have a major coastal zone
component.
• Other programmes include support to wider
strategies, forestry, monitoring systems and
drainage infrastructure.
• Most are in mid implementation: ~65% started
in 2011 or before.
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An overview of DRR related GCCA
experience
An example from Samoa, the
programme aims to:
• Rehabilitate the drainage infrastructure
of the Greater Apia area
• Rebuild and upgrade the priority
drainage infrastructure for stormwater
flows in Apia
• Set up of an effective drainage
infrastructure management system,
and implement a maintenance plan
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Key issues from the GCCA
DRR technical paper
Reducing vulnerability to disaster-related effects of climate change
Vulnerability reduction in the context of disaster risk reduction involves seeking
opportunities to reduce exposure, reduce sensitivity and increase adaptive capacity.
Investing in data collection and management
Reliable data are needed to support climate change adaptation, disaster risk
reduction and coastal zone management.
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Key issues from the GCCA
DRR technical paper
Strengthening institutions for disaster risk reduction and coastal zone
management
Strong institutions are central in providing effective design and implementation of
climate-related policies, and also contribute to favourable conditions for the
development of a sound legal and regulatory framework.
eg: Climate resilience coordination unit in MoF that looks at mainstreaming climate
change into the national development strategy and at sector level. Works
collaboratively with MNRE to finalise CC policy including development of climate
resilient infrastructure design standards and ensure that future investment plans
effectively address climate risks
Involving local communities
Local stakeholders can play an important role in the prevention of disasters as well
as the implementation of adequate responses when they occur. This is the centre of
engagement of civil society in development framework in Samoa. There exist
adequately funded grants schemes for civil society to address impacts of climate
change and disaster risk management measures that have emanated out of village
sustainable development plans (CSSP, SGP, SRC)
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Key issues from the GCCA
DRR technical paper
Combining ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ options
The recent IPCC report on managing the risks of extreme events
and disasters to advance climate change adaptation stresses that
‘successful strategies include a combination of hard infrastructurebased responses and soft solutions.
Important in Samoa’s approach involving coastal management with
a carefully assessed balance between the use of seawalls,
rockwalls versus tree planting and mangrove rehabilitation or a
blend of the two types of solutions
Learning from field activities
Effective, locally acceptable disaster risk reduction and coastal adaptation options
may be identified by implementing pilot or demonstration projects, supporting
knowledge building in real-life conditions. This is the basis of the small grants
scheme established to set up good practice adaptation measures at community
level. (Pilot Schemes - On-site sanitation project (ADB), MDG Initiative(EU))
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Complementary issues from global
experience
Key Issues to be reinforced:
• Climate change/Disasters are a development concern – important
therefore to use an integrated approach to addressing how to deal
with impact
• Need to promote research/fact finding to better understand roots of
disasters/climate change impacts which lie in people’s vulnerabilities
and how socioeconomic conditions impact on ways to cope
• Need to implement innovative measures to strengthen and maintain
engagement of communities in a strategic and targeted approach
i.e. Ensure community participation and social inclusion in decision
making and actions – people have inherent capacity to cope –
indigenous knowledge is important
• There is a need to develop and sustain strategic partnerships and
develop and sustain resilient livelihoods
• Infrastructure-based options (investment planning) to DRR are
valuable, especially if implemented in the context of a wider approach
such as integrated water resources management
• There is a need for Donors/Development Partners to coordinate
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Some comments on the Working
Group discussion topics (DRR)
– How are DRR and CZM being addressed in your GCCA
Programme?
• Are these sufficiently mainstreamed into your national priorities,
financing, M&E
• Is it Promoting IWRM and IZCM Approaches? If so, how?
• Does it support pilot / demonstration projects? What are these?
Lessons?
• Does it support applied research/evidence-based research (eg data
collection/management, academic research, baseline surveys etc)?
• Does it support infrastructure based / ecosystem based measures?
Investment Planning, CIM Plans, Resettlement Issues
• Is it promoting Community Engagement? How is the community
being engaged?
• Are we promoting PPP? How are we engaging with the private
sector?
• Is GCCA supporting long-term Institutional Strengthening and
capacity building? How and to what extent are these being
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addressed.
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